Category: Music
Miley, Kesha, Lorde, Lady Gaga, Charli XCX and the 00s: Ava Max’s “Lovin Myself”
With Don’t Click Play, Ava Max’s upcoming third album following 2023’s Diamonds & Dancefloors, she’s offered up a wide array of “sound palettes”—or “sonic landscapes,” if you [Read More…]
Alanis Morissette Covers Carly Simon’s “Coming Around Again”—With Carly Simon
For those who might see it as “non sequitur” for Alanis Morissette to cover a Carly Simon song, look no further than a 2012 New York [Read More…]
In Honor of Laufey’s “Snow White,” A List of Songs About Beauty
With the release of Laufey’s affecting single, “Snow White,” it’s worth looking back on some of the various other songs that women (the gender most [Read More…]
With “Snow White,” Laufey Offers a Kind of “Pressures of Beauty Standards” Foil to Xtina’s “Beautiful”
Although the 2000s, especially to Gen Z (and now, Gen Alpha), seem like ages ago (or, as Lorde puts it on Solar Power’s “Mood Ring,” “Don’t [Read More…]
Jessica Simpson’s “Fade”: Yet Another Glimpse into the Disappointments Wrought by Her Marriage
As Jessica Simpson continues to release some of the best music of her career (sorry/not sorry, “Irresistible”), she’s begun promoting Part 2 of Nashville Canyon, her two-part EP [Read More…]
Rose Gray’s “Everything Changes (But I Won’t)” Gets Even More Club-ified With a Remix Featuring Shygirl and Casey MQ
For those who are increasingly miffed by the state of affairs in this devolving world, as Rose Gray would remind, “Everything changes” (or, perhaps more [Read More…]
With Bite Me, Reneé Rapp Calls It a (W)rap on Giving a Fuck About People Pleasing
It’s not hard to see (or rather, hear) that things have changed drastically for Reneé Rapp since the release of her debut album, Snow Angel, in [Read More…]
Your Hair Is Everywhere, Screaming “New York Fucked Me Up,” Or: Chappell Roan, Too, Is Haunted By New York in “The Subway”
While there are many people who wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to interpret “The Subway” as yet another “love letter” to New York—especially those who [Read More…]
Lover Girls Just Wanna Muck About in Tokyo and Dance on Rooftops in a Whimsical Reverie
Since “Tough Luck,” Laufey’s second single from the forthcoming A Matter of Time, evidently missed the boat on getting a music video, the neo-jazz chanteuse didn’t [Read More…]
On a Jaunty Love Song Called “How Do I Deal” by Jennifer Love Hewitt Being Used to Promote I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
There are many anomalies and oddities in the annals of pop music history (e.g., Milli Vanilli, Willa Ford and William Hung). But among one of [Read More…]
